minigun
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See also: mini-gun
English
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From mini- + gun, so-called because General Electric designers scaled down the rotating-barrel 20 mm M61 Vulcan cannon for 7.62×51mm ammunition (in order to create a weapon with a higher and more reliable rate of fire).
Noun
[edit]minigun (plural miniguns)
- A machine gun with several rotating barrels, capable of firing several thousand rounds per minute.
- 2019 October 24, ISP, quoting iSorrowproductions, Fallout 4 But I Randomized EVERYTHING[1]:
- You know, what I'm actually thinking- is, if the deathclaw event actually happens, will the minigun on [that] Vertibird still be a minigun, or will it be something completely different?
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[edit]minigun (plural miniguns)